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Texas Democrats ask for investigation into Ken Paxton voter registration
By Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune July 16, 2026 Dallas-area Democrats are demanding that Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton be investigated for illegal voting after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune revealed that he has repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live. In a complaint filed Tuesday, the…
Read MoreTrump administration revives rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits
By Associated Press, The Texas Tribune July 16, 2026 MIAMI — The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers and others. The policy, known as “public charge,” appeared on Thursday in the Federal Register. It will be…
Read MorePaxton and Talarico open battle for South Texas with dueling rallies, diverging pitches
By Alejandro Serrano, Gabby Birenbaum and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune July 16, 2026 McALLEN — As the general election ramps up, the top of each party’s ticket this week headed to the epicenter of President Donald Trump’s 2024 gains with Latino voters: South Texas. And their opening salvos to voters were markedly different. Attorney…
Read MoreFBI suggests migrants’ van in fatal Houston shooting had meth. A lawyer says it was salt.
By Alex Nguyen and Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune July 16, 2026 The FBI sought a search warrant to seize plastic bags with “crystal-like substances” inside the van of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was fatally shot by an immigration agent last week. The FBI said it suspects methamphetamine, but the lawyer representing Salgao Araujo’s…
Read MoreDemocrats have a shot at flipping state legislatures across the country
By Kevin Hardy, Stateline July 16, 2026 Following a string of special election victories, Democrats have a path to flip several Republican-held legislative chambers and break GOP supermajorities in states across the country this November. High prices and overall voter dissatisfaction with Washington have put control of the U.S. House and Senate in play this…
Read More“Not Seen Since World War II”: New Texas Shipyard To Hire 10,000 Workers And Mass-Produce Drone Boats
Building on our coverage of autonomous maritime warfare this week, Saronic Technologies is preparing to build a massive shipyard on the Texas coast capable of producing autonomous surface vessels at scale, a project expected to create more than 10,000 jobs. Read more: New Texas Shipyard To Hire 10,000 Workers And Mass-Produce Drone Boats
Read MorePodcast: States Start Their Medicaid Cuts
What the Health? From KFF Health News States Start Their Medicaid Cuts Episode 455 July 16, 2026 Listen Now
Read MoreNew flooding haunts Hill Country residents a year after historic disaster
By Ayden Runnels and Ellie Ashby, The Texas Tribune July 16, 2026 KERRVILLE — Soyla Reyna stood outside Calvary Temple Church, taking a momentary respite from hours of manning the flood displacement shelter at her home church in Kerrville on Thursday. “A lot of it was unbelievable,” she said as the rain outside the church patio…
Read MoreKen Paxton’s campaign says he will debate James Talarico in Texas’ U.S. Senate race
By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune July 16, 2026 WASHINGTON — Attorney General Ken Paxton’s campaign said he would debate state Rep. James Talarico in Texas’ U.S. Senate race after Talarico challenged him to do so Thursday morning. Talarico, the Democratic nominee, said he had accepted invitations from three Texas media groups for televised debates…
Read MoreAt a Houston funeral home, a community comes together to pay respects to Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
By Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune July 16, 2026 HOUSTON — Two of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s sons received a steady stream of hugs, handshakes and besos Thursday evening from hundreds of people they’ve never met, who came to a funeral home in the city’s east side to grieve him as one of their own. At…
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